Both Uses of
profligate
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- If he must dispense his balm of Gilead in nostrums and apothegms of dubious taste to restore to health a generation of unfledged profligates let his practice consist better with the doctrines that now engross him.†
Chpt 14 *
- It was a thousand pities a young fellow, blessed with an allowance of brains as his neighbour obviously was, should waste his valuable time with profligate women who might present him with a nice dose to last him his lifetime.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(profligate) to spend money recklessly or wastefully; or a person who does so regularly